Rio Grande, NJ is a small town located near the Jersey Shore in Cape May County. Politics in Rio Grande are centered around local issues, such as taxes, land use and zoning, and community activities. The local government consists of a mayor and council members who are elected by the citizens of Rio Grande to represent their interests. The mayor and council work together to create policies that directly affect the quality of life in the community. The members of the local government also engage with citizens through public meetings to ensure that their voices are heard. At these meetings, residents can express their opinions on current initiatives or suggest new ones that they want implemented in their town. Additionally, all citizens of Rio Grande have equal access to voting booths where they can cast their ballots for candidates running for office. As such, every citizen has a say in deciding who represents them at the local level.
The political climate in Rio Grande, NJ is somewhat conservative.
Cape May County, NJ is somewhat conservative. In Cape May County, NJ 41.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cape May county remained very strongly Republican, 57.2% to 41.3%.
Cape May county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rio Grande, NJ is somewhat conservative.
Cape May County, New Jersey is somewhat conservative.
Ocean City Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
New Jersey is somewhat liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Rio Grande, New Jersey: r R r r R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Rio Grande, NJ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $7,051 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $294 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $7,072 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $393 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)